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Mohammad Mazhar Ayaz1 \*, Ahsan Sattar Sheikh<sup>2</sup> , Mubashar Aziz3 and Muhammad Mudasser Nazir4

1 Department of Parasitology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

2 Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

3 Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

4 Department of Pathobiology, FVS, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: mazharayaz@cuvas.edu.pk

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